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Alta

Alta (Northern Sami: Alta - Kven: Alattio or Alta) is the
most populated municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Alta.

The municipality is probably named after the local Altafjorden.

The name possibly comes from the Old Norse (ǫlpt or alpt) which refers to a swan or
it is a Norwegianization of the Finnish word (alaattia) which refers to a "lowland".
Prior to 1918, the name was written Alten.

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The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 9 July 1976. The arms show a white arrow point on a blue background.
The arrow is derived from the findings of quartzite arrow points dating back to the late Stone Age and found in the area.
The quartzite was quarried in the municipality and tools made from it were used all over Northern Norway.

The Rock carvings at Alta, dating from c. 4200 BC to 500 BC, are on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

The Komsa culture was named after the Komsa mountain in Alta municipality,
where the first archeological remains of this culture were discovered.

Alta is the second northernmost city in the world surpassing 10,000 inhabitants.

Alta municipality covers 3,845 square kilometres (1,485 square miles), in the west of the county, mostly situated
along the Altafjord, taking in large tracts of woodlands, as well as parts of the High Plateau of Finnmarksvidda.

On its way from the plateau down to the fjord, the river Altaelva has carved out the Sautso canyon, one of the largest canyons in Europe.

Alta is based on the mainland of Norway, but it also includes parts of the islands of Stjernoya and Seiland.

Most people live in the town of Alta, stretching along the inner part of the fjord, enjoying a sheltered Subarctic
climate, where daily mean temperatures are above 10 degrees Celsius for only 3 months of the year.

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The Northern Lights Cathedral - Alta Church (Norwegian: Nordlyskatedralen - Alta Kirke) is the main parish church in Alta Municipality.

It is located in the central part of the town of Alta.

The church is part of the Alta parish in the Alta deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Halogaland.
The church was built in 2012-2013.

The church is designed by schmidt hammer lassen in collaboration with local architects Link Arkitektur.

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The large Altafjorden has several notable bays and fjord arms that branch off from it including Langfjorden, Jiepmaluokta, Kafjorden, and Lille Kufjorden.

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